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A Free Body In An Enslaved Mind!!! Must Read For All Nigerian by sommyblaze(m): 7:45am On Sep 18, 2015 |
I came across this writings of a renowned Speaker and Management consultant and I believed it would be best my NL family see this.... A Free Body In An Enslaved Mind (PART 1) By Ogbo Awoke Ogbo "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." ~ Romans 12:2, NIV ¶ One of the most gruesome, disempowering and debasing images of all time is that of the African slave with shackles around his neck and chains on his feet and hands. Thanks to the American and English abolitionists of the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century, men who had a true understanding of the Kingdom of God and the universal equality of man. If you didn't know, William Wilberforce and most abolitionists were Bible-believing evangelical Christians. Without them, those shackles would still be on our necks. That is proof that certain evils will continue in our society until Kingdom-minded people stop praying at prayer Camps and start taking decisive actions. The Slavery Monster was perhaps the wickedest creation to be unleashed on humanity from the pit of hell. It attacked the very DNA of God's purpose for man - freedom! In any case, we are not done with slavery yet. The planet is awash with deadly mutations of slavery -- sex slavery and labor slavery. That's not where I'm going today though. ••• I will shew thee a mystery, as St. Paul would say. Africa went from frying pot to fire. Africa, by some curious design of destiny, became the swinging door of the planet. So, the slave trade subtly morphed into Colonialism. And so was born the famous "Scramble for Africa." After a while, a few Africans who by some luck tasted the powers of western education and the orderly organization of western politics could not bear the evils the Europeans were perpetrating in their homelands. Thus were born the African Student Movements that eventually accentuated the calls for independence. Download a free copy of the United Nations publication titled, "The role of African student movements in the political and social evolution of Africa from 1900 to 1975." ••• Nevertheless, the European colonists were smart -- give it to them! They agreed to leave. They granted Africans "independence." But those wily devils! All they did was transfer the chains from the African's hands, feet and neck to a more secure and permanent part of him - his mind! Africa is free on paper. Africans are freed in body and enslaved in mind. I just searched for a Lugard document of the early 1900s so I could share a quote with you. Couldn't locate it - may be at the office. But here's what I remember Lugard saying (not 100% exact words but 100% meaning): "The 'Nigerian system' shall be cultivated on three pillars: ignorance, a supreme dread for the white man that makes him see the white man as god, and military terrorism." So, when people such as Oby Ezekwesili say on Pastor Poju Oyemade's Platform that "God put Nigeria together and nothing can change that since the amalgamation was done by God" I wonder what history textbooks she's been reading and what other substances she adds to her tea. Someone ought to show her the Scripture that says that every tree the Father has not planted will be uprooted. And another that said that it is an abomination to mess around with ancient boundaries! "Ancient," madam, means before Lugard! The arbitrary borders drawn by Europe was part of the psychological spells cast by Europe on Africa. They knew these borders won't work. They knew that concocting unequal yokes among African tribes, we would remain perpetually steamed in conflicts to have time to make progress. The historical documents I've read prove so. The design was NOT nationhood, the design was European interests! Lugard referred to Nigeria as a "system." ••• Today, African countries can't move an inch until Europe offers a handout and says, Move. African leaders run to Europe everyday to find validation and a sense of self worth. Nigerian leaders visit to enjoy Europe but they return and cannot make their local government areas half as beautiful. Back to slavery. Africans are no longer shipped in chains to the West, they willingly ship themselves, dying daily in the desert and seas to cross over to the "lands of opportunity." Fools we are, for no land has as yet more abundance than the lands of Africa. The government of a certain African country started building an airstrip and had to quickly close it. You know why? Every where the tractor scraped they found gold! True story! But a shackled mind does not see his gold. That Nigeria imports fuel is a travesty! A blind mind cannot inherit its birthright. Then, again, the slave "plantations" are no longer in the West Indies. They are now all over Africa. I've worked in two of them! They just changed their names from "plantations" to "multinationals." If you have worked in them, you'll know what I mean. Oh, George Orwell -- animal farm! ••• Now, I am more concerned about the current spiritual evolution of Africa. Our people say that he is a fool whose sheep runs away twice. Africa's sheep first ran away with the European scramble. Now I saw the sheep the other day strolling with a Chinese shepherd! Laissez ça! But here's what I'd like you to take away today: Psychological victory lives long after the battle tanks have stopped smoking and the battle ships have returned to harbor. The real damage in war is not the city in ruins - the broken bridges and burnt down buildings. The real damage is the wound the "victor" inflicts in the mind of the "vanquished." Gosh - see what's going on in Syria, and the migrant crisis! Europe will absorb nearly 5 million Middle Eastern migrants! One generation from today, Europe won't be Europe as we know currently it. If only Europe had listened to me! ••• Physical battles cease but psychological scars last for ever unless consciously revoked. Gowon is now an old man. Hopefully, he now understands that even though physically, there may not have been a victor, there certainly was a psychologically vanquished. Psyche war wounds just don't go away by motivational speaking and empty "Nigeria Prays" advertorials. Laissez ça. ••• Let's come to me and you. What personal mind damages do you presently carry? Unresolved trauma from childhood, rape, abusive relationships, bitter divorce, past failures, unemployment, unkind words uttered by someone you trusted, injustice suffered in the hands of someone in authority … what? You can be transformed. You can be free ... by the renewing of your mind! You can be healed. That's why Jesus came and that's how He cares. free body in an enslaved mind is a tortuous destiny. I love you. Be healthy, wealthy and wise! Mods please help me push it to its appropriate section. SOURCE: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=866755163421524&id=191966980900349&refid=17 |
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